Vehicle.



No. 884,014. PATENTBD APR. v, 190e..

M. P. GESERIGH.

v VEHICLE. APPL-loulou FILED JULYla. 19o?.

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MARTIN F. GESERICH, OF YSI. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

VEHICLE Specification of Letters Patent.

rammed April 7, 190s.

Application filed July 13, 1907. Serial No. 383,553.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARTIN F. GEsERIcH, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing at the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicles, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specifica tion.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in vehicles andpertains particularly to means for bracing and reinforcing the seatframe and body thereof.

Figure I is a perspective view of a vehicle body and seat frame with myinvention applied thereto. Fig. II is an enlarged section through oneside of a vehicle body, a portion of the seat frame, and myimprovedbracing being shown in elevation. Fig. III is a sec tion taken at rightangles to that of Fig. II.

A designas the body of a vehicle, such as a bu gy, B the seat frame andO the out ward y curved risers which surmount the, sides of the bodyadjacent the seat frame.

D are the seat frame posts, E the front and rear stretcher rails, and Fthe side rails all ofl which parts go to make u the seat frame. Theserails and posts are a l joined together in the ordinary manner, such asmortising, and when so united they are, in the absence of any bracingmeans, very liable to become separated during the use of the vehicle,and to prevent such separation I utilize the parts about to bedescribed.

1 designates a brace member preferably of cast metal which is designedto belocated in the corner formed by the union of the vehicle body A andthe seat post D and is secured to the latter by fastening means (screwsor the like) 2. This brace member l of which there are preferably fouris so shaped that it fits perfectly to the inside face of both the sideoards and risers of the vehicle and is of a height to come flush withthe upper edges of the risers C, stretcher rails E and side rails F.This brace member 1 is provided with an offset foot 3 which is so formedthat, before being secured to the bottom of the vehicle body, it has itsprojecting end slightly elevated from the side sills G of the vehicle,-so that when the fastening means (a screw) 4 is passed through aperforation found in the elevated projecting end of the foot and forcedinto the side sill it will have a tendency to force each brace member l,and the parts attached thereto, downwardly and form a perfectly rigidstructure.

The brace member is provided with an offset upwardly iiaring portion 1awhich rests against the stretcher rail E'of the seat frame, and by thisoffset portion a shoulder 5 is formed upon which the stretcher rail E ispartly supported. Where the body l and the offset portion 1a meet, whichis also the location of the shoulder 5, I have increased the thicknessof the metal, as is shown at 8 in Fig. III, in order to reinforce thebody at this point.'

6 designates through bolts. which pass through the offset portion of thefront and rear brace members .and the front and rear stretcher rails E,of the seat frame at the inner side of the side rails; each of. whichbolts is provided with a threaded end and an engaging nut 7 wherebyadditional stiffening of the seat frame is produced.

I claim as my invention:

A vehicle comprising a body provided with outwardly curved risers, andside sills, a seat frame having stretcher rails, side rails, andsupporting posts, brace members, each formed with an offset foot, havinga projecting-end, secured to a side sill, an upwardly flaring reinforcedoffset portion providing a shoulder for supportin a stretcher rail, andsecured thereto, and olts passed through the offset portions of thefront and rear brace members and through the front and rear strtcherrails at the inner side of the side ral s.

MARTIN F. GESERICH.

In the presence of LILY Posr, E. S. KNIGHT.

